HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-056 ORDINANCE N0. 86-56
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 23, SECTION 26,
OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY
SPECIFYING THE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT
SPEED FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND ALLEYS
WITHIN THE CITY; AMENDING CHAPTER 23,
��A SECTION 30 BY ADDING STOP SIGNS AT
CERTAIN LOCATIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN;
AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC
REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200 . 00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING
OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVID-
ING A SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY �
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS :
Section 1 . City Code Chapter 23 , Section 26, Speed Limits
on Certain Public Streets. Upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the
provisions of Section 167 and 169 Article XIX, V.T.C.S. , 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima
facie speed limits are hereafter indicated for vehicles and are
hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and
such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated
� � for vehicles traveling upon the named public streets and
highways, or parts thereof, of the City, said speed limit to be
�;�,.� in force and effect unless otherwise limited as prescribed by the
provisions of this ordinance. The streets and highways hereby
regulated, and the maximum prima facie speed limits thereof, are
as follows :
On School Access Road northbound from Pool Road, at 30
miles per hour.
Section 2 . That the City Code of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, Chapter 23, Section 30 , is hereby amended by adding stop
signs at the following described locations :
(442) LOCATIONS NOT WITHIN NAMED SUBDIVISIONS:
(oo) On southbound School Access Road at Pool Road.
Section 3 . That the City Manager, or his agent, is hereby
authorized to have speed limit signs erected, constructed, and
placed at such points along said highways, streets, or alleys, or
portions thereof under construction, maintenance, or repair, so
`"�" that travelers will be reasonably notified of said traffic
regulations .
� Section 4 . That all ordinances or any parts thereof in
conflict with the terms of this ordinance shall be and hereby are
deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided, however, that
the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed
and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed
and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been disposed
of by a final conviction or a finding not guilty of nolo con-
tendere, or dismissal.
Section 5 . Any person, firm, or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be
fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200 . 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs.
Section 6 . If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, or provisions of this ordinance shall be judged invalid
"�`^ or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of
this ordinance as a whole or any portion thereof other than that
portion so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
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Section 7 . The fact that the traffic regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately requlate the traffic
within the City creates an urgency and an emergency and the
preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires
that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption of said ordinance
as the law and the City Charter in such cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 2nd day of September, 1986 .
APPROVED:
� Mayor
'� � ATTEST:
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L�il�l.v`�
Ci y Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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